Rail-joint.



J. J. GALEY.

RAIL JOINT. I APPLIOATIGN FILED AUG.27| 1908. 1 l FW. 1. a? d: I4 l l2 |l| ll Il 1 nu M i' "hl i l "IIMUIIM' `TOHN JAMES GALEY, OF ATWOOD, TENNESSEE.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed August 27, 1908. Serial No. 450,524.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN J AMES GALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atwood, in the county of Oarroll and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints and it consists of the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical joint of this character which will permit the rails to be quickly and easily connected together and which will hold them in perfect alinement with each other.

The above and other objects of the invention are attained in its preferred embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawm ings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of two rails united by the improved joint; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; F ig. 3 is a transverse section; and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail perspective views of the meeting ends of the two rails.

In the drawings l and 2 denote the meeting ends of two track rails, the former of which has a portion of its head and a portion of its web cut away to provide an undercut or wedge-shaped opening 3 which extends transversely from side to side and which forms an upwardly extending projection 4. The corresponding end of the other rail 2 has a portion of its base flanges and a portion of its web cut away to provide an undercut transverse opening 5 to receive the projection et and a depending projection 6 shaped to enter the opening 3. This construction permits the two rails to be engaged with and disengaged from each other by moving them transversely with respect to each other. It also effectively holds them against both longitudinal and vertical movement with respect to each other. ln order to hold them against transverse or horizontal movement with respect to each other a bond or splice bar 7 is set in recesses 8, 9 formed in the bottoms of the rails 1, 2 respectively. Said plate 7 is of rectangular shape and the recesses 8, 9 are shaped to receive it. l/Vhile any suitable means may be provided for retaining the plate 7 in position, the same is preferably effected by letting it rest upon one or more of the cross ties to which the rails are fastened.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention is exceedingly simple in construction and may therefore be produced at a. small cost and will be strong and durable. llurthermore, the parts may be quickly and easily put together and will eifectively hold the rails in perfect alinement and against longitudinal and lateral and also vertical movement with respect to each other.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

In a rail joint, the combination of the meeting ends of two rails each having in its bottom a longitudinal recess, one rail having portions of its head and web cut away to provide an opening with undercut walls and a projection, the other rail having portions of its base and web cut away to provide a recess with an undercut wall to receive said projection and to also provide a projection shaped to enter the opening in the other rail, and a bonding and splicing plate arranged in the recesses in the bases of the rails.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN JAMES GALEY. vWitnesses SAM L. BARGER, l/V. G. SMITH. 

